Christopher Locke
Encyclopedia
Christopher Locke is a widely read blog
ger, author
and the editor of the Entropy Gradient Reversals e-newsletter since 1995. Starting in 2005, he has been writing the Mystic Bourgeoisie blog.
Named in a 2001 Financial Times
Group survey as one of the "top 50 business thinkers in the world," Christopher Locke (aka RageBoy, aka Chief Blogging Officer) is co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto
: The End of Business as Usual, and author of Gonzo Marketing: Winning Through Worst Practices and The Bombast Transcripts: Rants and Screeds of RageBoy.
He has worked at the Japanese government's Fifth generation computer
project, at Ricoh
, at Carnegie Mellon University
's Robotics Institute, at MCI
, at IBM
, and as a consultant/blogger for HighBeam Research
. Locke has written for Wired
, Release 1.0, The Industry Standard
, Harvard Business Review
and many other publications. His work has been covered by Fast Company
, Advertising Age
, Business Week, The New York Times
, The Wall Street Journal
, Forbes
, Fortune
, The Economist
, and The Financial Times.
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
ger, author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
and the editor of the Entropy Gradient Reversals e-newsletter since 1995. Starting in 2005, he has been writing the Mystic Bourgeoisie blog.
Named in a 2001 Financial Times
Financial Times
The Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....
Group survey as one of the "top 50 business thinkers in the world," Christopher Locke (aka RageBoy, aka Chief Blogging Officer) is co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto
The Cluetrain Manifesto
The Cluetrain Manifesto is a set of 95 theses organized and put forward as a manifesto, or call to action, for all businesses operating within what is suggested to be a newly-connected marketplace....
: The End of Business as Usual, and author of Gonzo Marketing: Winning Through Worst Practices and The Bombast Transcripts: Rants and Screeds of RageBoy.
He has worked at the Japanese government's Fifth generation computer
Fifth generation computer
The Fifth Generation Computer Systems project was an initiative by Japan'sMinistry of International Trade and Industry, begun in 1982, to create a "fifth generation computer" which was supposed to perform much calculation using massive parallel processing...
project, at Ricoh
Ricoh
or Ricoh, is a Japanese company that was established in 1936 on February 6th, as , a company in the RIKEN zaibatsu. Its headquarters is located in Ricoh Building in Chūō, Tokyo....
, at Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
's Robotics Institute, at MCI
MCI Communications
MCI Communications Corp. was an American telecommunications company that was instrumental in legal and regulatory changes that led to the breakup of the AT&T monopoly of American telephony and ushered in the competitive long-distance telephone industry. It was headquartered in Washington,...
, at IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
, and as a consultant/blogger for HighBeam Research
HighBeam Research
HighBeam Research is a paid search engine owned by Cengage Learning for newspapers, magazines, academic journals, newswires, trade magazines and encyclopedias...
. Locke has written for Wired
Wired (magazine)
Wired is a full-color monthly American magazine and on-line periodical, published since January 1993, that reports on how new and developing technology affects culture, the economy, and politics...
, Release 1.0, The Industry Standard
The Industry Standard
The Industry Standard is a news web site dedicated to technology business news, part of InfoWorld, a news web site covering technology in general...
, Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review is a general management magazine published since 1922 by Harvard Business School Publishing, owned by the Harvard Business School. A monthly research-based magazine written for business practitioners, it claims a high ranking business readership among academics, executives,...
and many other publications. His work has been covered by Fast Company
Fast Company (magazine)
Fast Company is a full-color business magazine that releases 10 issues per year and reports on topics including innovation, digital media, technology, change management, leadership, design, and social responsibility...
, Advertising Age
Advertising Age
Advertising Age is a magazine, delivering news, analysis and data on marketing and media. The magazine was started as a broadsheet newspaper in Chicago in 1930...
, Business Week, The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
, Forbes
Forbes
Forbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week...
, Fortune
Fortune (magazine)
Fortune is a global business magazine published by Time Inc. Founded by Henry Luce in 1930, the publishing business, consisting of Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated, grew to become Time Warner. In turn, AOL grew as it acquired Time Warner in 2000 when Time Warner was the world's largest...
, The Economist
The Economist
The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in offices in the City of Westminster, London, England. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843...
, and The Financial Times.
Articles About Chris Locke
- A Lesson from the Ancients, Wired Magazine, March 2000
- Get Personal to Market on Web, USA Today, December 2001
- From One-Way Marketing to Cyber Dialogue - Business Week, April 2000
Articles By Chris Locke
- Feb 2000 issue of Esther Dyson's Release 1.0 (PDF)
- 1994 Internet World - MecklerWeb
- 1997 End of Your Tether Computing - Forbes
- Ticket to Write - Industry Standard - Sept 1998
- Fear and Loathing on the Web: "Gonzo" Marketing Thrives - Industry Standard, July 1998
- Cheap Thrills For The Beer Budget Blogger
- The Customer as Co-Developer - Information Week - December 2000
- Origin of Species, Or, How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love Life as a Machine - Wired - June 2002
Interviews With Chris Locke
- Tony Goodson Interviews Locke 2009
- Marcus Brown Interviews Locke 2009
- Nicole Simon Interviews Locke 2007
- Frank Paynter Interviews Locke 2003
Author's Books
- The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual
- Gonzo Marketing: Winning Through Worst Practices
- The Bombast Transcripts: Rants and Screeds of Rageboy